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Author:

Frohock, Richard, 1967-

Title:

Buccaneers and privateers : the story of the English sea rover, 1675-1725 / Richard Frohock.

Publisher:

University Of Delaware Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xii, 189 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Pirates in literature.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
Pirates--History--17th century.
Pirates--History--18th century.
Piracy--History--17th century.
Piracy--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The word and the grand pirate, George Cusack -- "The usual atrocities": narrating Henry Morgan's raid on Panama City -- Exquemelin in England: the literary transformation of Henry Morgan -- Captain Bartholomew Sharp and the "sacred hunger for gold" -- Reconsidering William Dampier's vision -- Consummate privateers: Edward Cooke and Woodes Rogers -- the return of the buccaneer in the voyage narratives of Shelvocke and Betagh.

ISBN:

1611493889 (electronic)
9781611493887 (electronic)
1611493870 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611493870 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)779265247

LCCN:

2012012847

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)